Morning Jolt: Guns for Beyonce tickets?

Wednesday

Feb 27, 2013 at 5:05 AM

Music manager Michael “Blue” Williams is asking New York City if he can do a gun buyback program - with Beyonce tickets as the payment. Williams’ program, Guns for Greatness, seeks to get guns off the street, and he wants to have the help of stars like Beyonce. Neither the New York Police Department nor Beyonce have signed off on the plan yet.

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Music manager Michael “Blue” Williams is asking New York City if he can do a gun buyback program - with Beyonce tickets as the payment. Williams’ program, Guns for Greatness, seeks to get guns off the street, and he wants to have the help of stars like Beyonce. Neither the New York Police Department nor Beyonce have signed off on the plan yet.

Gas update

Gasbuddy.com reports that the average price of gas in the U.S. is $3.739. Last year at this time it was $3.642.

Opening bell

The Dow Jones opened at 13,900.13, finishing up 115.96 points Tuesday.